Transport

RAIL passengers at six Sutherland request stops will no longer have to wave for the driver to stop once new kiosks become operational next summer.

The temporary timetable changes are from next week due to the continued impact of coronavirus and the rapid spread of the Omicron variant.

COVID has sparked the cancellation of several sailings of the Ullapool-Stornoway ferry today (Monday), CalMac has confirmed.

POLICE stopped two alleged drink-drivers and eight alleged drug-drivers last week as part of a concerted Christmas clampdown.

A SNOW warning extending into Christmas Eve has been issued for parts of the Highlands.

CHRISTMAS Eve travellers heading between Ullapool and Lewis have been warned they face possible disruption.

Drivers in the Highlands and the rest of Scotland are being reminded to make sure their vehicles are winter ready.

Drivers that passed their car driving test from January 1 1997 are now allowed to tow trailers up to 3500kg MAM.

ROADWORK planned for a route in the north Highlands has been put on hold until after the new year, it has emerged.

Caithness councillor Matthew Reiss has called on MSP Maree Todd to look into funding “discrepancies” he says have seen Highland Council short-changed.

All five to 21-year-olds will be entitled to free bus travel from January 31 2022.

Total of £2.2m of contracts awarded ahead of dualling work on Highlands section of A9

A serious road accident occurred in Castletown tonight with reports of an air ambulance being in attendance as well as other emergency services.

Residents of Lairg Road in Bonar Bridge have long expressed concern over the speed drivers reach going past their properties.

Raigmore Hospital’s chronic car park overcrowding problem is to have another course of treatment in an effort to cure the stressful situation.

Highlands and Islands Airports Limited (HIAL) saw its passenger numbers plummet by more than three-quarters as the Covid-19 pandemic hit

SNP government must not be 'Greened' out of its commitments, says Mountain

The A9 was closed for seven hours and reopened just before 1am

WATCH: Video shows how work was done

Roads on higher ground in Sutherland were affected by up to two inches of snow this morning.